VEGAS Team Meeting
Attendees: Dan, Joe, Ray, Marty, John, Glenn,
Agenda:
Progress and status of FPGA personalities
Mode 1 (h1k)
[25-Nov.] OK, except for 1/16th band issues. Glenn and Andrew Maartens working on it.
[02-Dec.] No Change
[03-Dec.] h1k_ver105_2013_Dec_02_1551.bof copied over for testing
[09-Dec.] Been tested by Science on GBT
Mode 2/3 (h16k)
[25-Nov.] OK, except for 1/16th band issues. Glenn and Andrew Maartens working on it.
[02-Dec.] New bof, but still seeing spikes in initial tests. Joe will circulate some plots of spectrum.
[09-Dec.] Been tested by Science on GBT
Mode 20-29 (l8-8)
[25-Nov.] Ready to start testing today with standalone systems\ when compile finishes. Will prioritize h1k and h16k fixes where appropriate.
[02-Dec.] Believe we have the bofs for these
[09-Dec.] Obtained L-8 data, working on mode 20, but noticed a timing problem between some tasks
Mode 10-19 (l8-1)
[25-Nov.] No FPGA work on this mode if 20-29 is OK
[02-Dec.] Believe we have the bofs for these
[09-Dec.]
Mode 4-9 (l1)
[25-Nov.] Ready for Manager testing. Joe will test it out later this week or early next week.
[02-Dec.] Believe we have the bofs for these
[09-Dec.] Some testing to verify manager load and bandpass w/peak display. Ready for engineering tests after existing buffer issue is resolved.
Status of NRAO software
Mode 1
[25-Nov.]
- Original ready to go
- Refactored version lightly tested by Ray, but not released yet. Next week it will be released after a bit more testing.
[02-Dec.]
- Should be ready to test within next two days. Wednesday will be tested with test signals, Thursday with telescope IF system.
- Friday the modes will be released for astronomical testing.
- The IF manager issue needs to be fixed by scheduled Dec 6 test period
[09-Dec.] Released for astronomical testing
Mode 2
[25-Nov.]
- Original ready to go
- Refactored version lightly tested by Ray, but not released yet. Next week it will be released after a bit more testing.
[02-Dec.]
- Should be ready to test within next two days. Wednesday will be tested with test signals, Thursday with telescope IF system.
- Friday the modes will be released for astronomical testing.
- The IF manager issue needs to be fixed by scheduled Dec 6 test period
[09-Dec.] Released for astronomical testing
Mode 3
[25-Nov.]
- Original ready to go
- Refactored version lightly tested by Ray, but not released yet. Next week it will be released after a bit more testing.
[02-Dec.]
- Should be ready to test within next two days. Wednesday will be tested with test signals, Thursday with telescope IF system.
- Friday the modes will be released for astronomical testing.
- The IF manager issue needs to be fixed by scheduled Dec 6 test period
[09-Dec.] Released for astronomical testing
Mode 20-29
[25-Nov.]
- Refactored version lightly tested by Ray, but not released yet. Next week it will be released after a bit more testing.
[02-Dec.] Some progress but testing is not complete - identified some buffering bugs in HPC program (rollover from previous block?)
[02-Dec.]
- Software is about ready, but not fully tested - should not affect Modes 1-3, and should not be affected by modes 1-3.
[09-Dec.]
Mode 10-19
[25-Nov.]
Mode 4-9
[25-Nov.]
- Refactored version lightly tested by Joe.
[02-Dec.] Some progress but testing is not complete - identified some buffering bugs in HPC program (rollover from previous block?)
[09-Dec.]
Other work in progress:
- [25-Nov.] Testing/work on switching signal anomalies -- Joe thinks this is fixed, but needs to be tested.
[02-Dec.] Complete
- [25-Nov.] Mode documentation -- Joe is happy with Glenn's additions, and Glenn will be adding more in the next week or so.
- [02-Dec.] Assistance for Joe in testing from Randy and Jason
Plans for testing this week
- Mode 20-29 stand alone testing pending resolution of buffer overrun and task timing issues
Proposed final schedule
- [02-Dec.] Team review of schedule showed no issues with current draft.